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|  1. DATE | 2. LOCATION | 12. CONCLUSIONS  |
| --- | --- | --- |
|  April 1956 | 50 Mi South of Bakersfield, California | ☐ Was Balloon ☐ Probably Balloon ☐ Possibly Balloon  |
|  3. DATE-TIME GROUP Local 1000 PST GMT /1800Z | 4. TYPE OF OBSERVATION ☑ Ground-Visual ☐ Ground-Radar ☐ Air-Visual ☐ Air-Intercept Radar | ☐ Was Aircraft ☐ Probably Aircraft ☐ Possibly Aircraft  |
|  5. PHOTOS ☐ Yes ☑ No | 6. SOURCE Civilian | ☐ Was Astronomical ☐ Probably Astronomical ☐ Possibly Astronomical  |
|  7. LENGTH OF OBSERVATION 15-30 seconds | 8. NUMBER OF OBJECTS one | 9. COURSE east  |
|  10. BRIEF SUMM…

UFO
16 Jul 56
0938

SUBJECT NAME
SUSPENSE DATE
NUMBER

FROM
East Stanwood, Wash.
DATE
30 Jun 56
TYPE
Ltr

SUMMARY
Ltr, dtd 30 Jun 56, Subj: UFO
nnc/OIN-4X2a, 9 Jul 56, 1035

|  TO | OIN-4X4 | DATE | TO | DATE | TO | DATE  |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
|  DATE | 9 Jul 56 | DATE | DATE | DATE | DATE | DATE  |

REPLIED OR INDORSED TO
NAR/ 10/7/56
O.D.H.

FILED (Plain)

OTHER ACTION
1

30 June 1956

U.S.A.F.
Air Technical Intelligence Center
Wright-Patterson Air Force Base
Ohio

Dear Mr. St. Mary L. Storm:

The questionnaire form which you sent has been damaged; therefore, I will attempt to give as nearly as possible, an equal report on this paper.

Unidentified Flying Object

1. When object was seen - In April, 1955. (Note: I did not report this heretofore, as I only recently heard of your interest in these reports)
2. Time of day - Approximately 10:00 A.M. Pacific Standard Time.
3. When located - We were driving north towards Bakersfield, Calif. about 50 miles south of thi…

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12. Did it move in front of anything?
It was already in front of this mountain range from 25 to 100 miles to the east between the mountains and us, but it did not move in front of anything else.

13. The object appeared to be solid and was not transparent that is, we could not see through it.

14. Did you observe the object through any glasses?
No. We saw the object through an open car window with our naked eyes.

15. Tell in a few words the following things about the object
a. sound - There was no sound reaching our ears.
b. color - weird orange-red unlike any thing I have seen. Some neo…

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21. Compare the object to a nickel held out at an arms length in the hand.

22. I am fairly certain of the above conclusion.

23. How did the object disappear from view? It first appeared below the tops of the mountains; about half way from ground to top — then disappeared gradually over the tops of the mountains to the east. This happened in a matter of seconds.

24. Construct the object — This was like a ball of fire — The closest I can explain it is that it was similar to the sun shining through the smoke of a forest fire in brightness, but the color was different — a weird orange red …

33. Object's position when first and last seeing it.
B.
A. B.

34. Weather conditions:
Clear sky - slight breeze - dry - warm.

35. June 6, 1956 - (20 you) (U.S.A.F.) - (First report to official)

36. Was anyone else with you? Yes.
a. ~~Also saw the object.~~
b. Name and address:
Mr. [redacted]
[redacted]
Yucaipa, Calif.

37. Was this first time you have seen such an object? Yes.

38. In your opinion what do you think the object was?
I have no idea what this was, but am open-minded about the subject. It was unlike anything I have ever before seen, and the details stand out clearly after all th…

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42. Date questionnaire completed - 30 June, 1956.

43. Summary of event.

NAME - [redacted]

SIGNATURE - [redacted]

DATE - June 30, 1956.

On the morning of an April or May day in 1955 while travelling northward with a friend on a highway leading into U.S. 99 about 50 miles south of Bakersfield, Calif. at about 10:00 A.M., I noticed an orange-red ball of fire to the east and on my right; I hollered and poked my friend, who was riding beside me, and pointed in that direction. He was just as amazed as I and we pulled over to the side of the highway to observe it further. My friend saw it g…

than the background of sky and mountains.
< This is the approximate color - only somewhat
lighter and more orange.

This is about all the information I can give on
this subject. I hope this has been an aid in
helping you identify this object. You can be
assured that this is not a "hoax" or false
report, although some of the details may be
inaccurate. Remember, there was no noise, no
smoke or vapor trails, no tail - just a round
object in the sky and moving east as it disappeared
apparently, although we are not certain it was
moving east, since we were looking east. We did
notice that it mov…